Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
October 1991
A comparative immunocytochemical study was performed on endometriotic epithelial versus endometrial epithelial and normal mesothelial cells in order to obtain further evidence for either the endometrial implantation or mesothelial metaplasia theory. The three cell types could not be distinguished by keratin subtyping, using monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to keratins 5, 7, 8, 14, 18, and 19. The epithelial markers HMFG-2 and BW 495/36, and a newly developed MAb NEND-3 (against endometrial cells) discriminated between generally negatively reacting mesothelial cells and positively reacting endometrial and endometriotic epithelial cells.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPeritoneal fluid (PF) was obtained during the early follicular phase in 24 women at laparoscopy as part of infertility investigation. The cells present in PF were pelleted and cultured. Developing endometrial epithelial cell colonies were identified in 19 women (79%).
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